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noun, plural wa·ka, wa·kas.
1.
Prosody. tanka.
2.
poetry written in Japanese, as distinct from poetry written in Chinese by a Japanese writer, or poetry in other languages.
Origin:
1875–80; < Japanese: literally, Japanese song < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese hé harmony (as a euphemistic reading of the character for wō dwarf, an ancient Chinese designation for the Japanese ) + gē song
1875–80; < Japanese: literally, Japanese song < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese hé harmony (as a euphemistic reading of the character for wō dwarf, an ancient Chinese designation for the Japanese ) + gē song
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